Business Intelligence Job Trends in London

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 872 772 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.52% 5.98% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.42% 6.22% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 568 494 956
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +7.81% -1.10%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £124,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,098 12,402 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.39% 96.08% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,521 7,547 16,086
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,042
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in London

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in London

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +4 156 £70,000 -3.45% 99
West London -5 33 £45,000 -5.26% 24
South London +28 21 £80,000 +18.52% 10
East London -9 4 £76,500 +22.40% 15
North London 0 1 £40,000 -32.49% 2
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 48 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
1 48 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.82%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.06%) Apache
4 16 (1.83%) SAS
5 7 (0.80%) Confluence
6 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.34%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
7 3 (0.34%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.23%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 138 (15.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.03%) SPSS
5 7 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.34%) Trello
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) Maya
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 19 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.92%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.80%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.34%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.34%) Misys Opics
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 575 (65.94%) Power Platform
2 309 (35.44%) Azure
3 98 (11.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 89 (10.21%) AWS
4 89 (10.21%) Snowflake
5 82 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (9.17%) Power Automate
7 73 (8.37%) GCP
8 70 (8.03%) dbt
9 69 (7.91%) SaaS
10 59 (6.77%) PowerApps
11 57 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
13 34 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
14 30 (3.44%) Entra ID
14 30 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
14 30 (3.44%) Serverless
15 25 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
16 24 (2.75%) Azure AI
16 24 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.26%) Firewall
2 10 (1.15%) VPN
3 8 (0.92%) WAN
4 4 (0.46%) Broadband
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.34%) DHCP
5 3 (0.34%) DNS
5 3 (0.34%) LAN
5 3 (0.34%) RTP
6 2 (0.23%) 2G
6 2 (0.23%) AMQP
6 2 (0.23%) BGP
6 2 (0.23%) Intranet
6 2 (0.23%) VLAN
7 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
7 1 (0.11%) LTE
7 1 (0.11%) MPLS
7 1 (0.11%) Network Security
7 1 (0.11%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 569 (65.25%) Power BI
2 179 (20.53%) Tableau
3 162 (18.58%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (11.01%) Data Lake
5 75 (8.60%) SQL Server
6 54 (6.19%) Big Data
7 42 (4.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 41 (4.70%) BigQuery
9 34 (3.90%) Looker
9 34 (3.90%) Power Query
10 33 (3.78%) Metadata
11 29 (3.33%) MySQL
12 26 (2.98%) Snowflake Schema
13 25 (2.87%) Relational Database
14 20 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
14 20 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
15 18 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
17 15 (1.72%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 42 (4.82%) Git
2 20 (2.29%) MLflow
3 16 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.26%) JIRA
5 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.57%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.23%) ERwin
8 2 (0.23%) Mocha
8 2 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.23%) webpack
9 1 (0.11%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.11%) GitLab
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (41.06%) Finance
2 286 (32.80%) Social Skills
3 244 (27.98%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.78%) Marketing
5 88 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 65 (7.45%) Banking
7 63 (7.22%) Legal
8 59 (6.77%) Public Sector
9 42 (4.82%) Financial Institution
9 42 (4.82%) Law
10 36 (4.13%) Retail
11 34 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (3.67%) Manufacturing
12 32 (3.67%) Telecoms
13 30 (3.44%) Publishing
14 27 (3.10%) Electronics
15 24 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.49%) Advertising
17 12 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (1.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 230 (26.38%) Analyst
2 139 (15.94%) Senior
3 127 (14.56%) Data Analyst
4 109 (12.50%) Lead
5 94 (10.78%) Data Engineer
6 57 (6.54%) Architect
7 54 (6.19%) Developer
8 46 (5.28%) Consultant
9 36 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
11 30 (3.44%) DataOps Engineer
12 29 (3.33%) Big Data Engineer
12 29 (3.33%) DataOps Leader
12 29 (3.33%) Lead Big Data Engineer
13 27 (3.10%) Business Analyst
14 26 (2.98%) Lead Data Engineer
15 25 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (2.87%) Data Architect
16 24 (2.75%) IT Analyst
16 24 (2.75%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.62%) Kafka
2 34 (3.90%) PySpark
3 24 (2.75%) .NET
4 17 (1.95%) CSS
4 17 (1.95%) PyTorch
4 17 (1.95%) scikit-learn
4 17 (1.95%) TensorFlow
5 16 (1.83%) LangChain
5 16 (1.83%) LlamaIndex
5 16 (1.83%) pgvector
6 15 (1.72%) .NET Core
6 15 (1.72%) HTML
7 14 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
7 14 (1.61%) REST
8 11 (1.26%) JSON
8 11 (1.26%) Pandas
9 9 (1.03%) Matplotlib
9 9 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.03%) Seaborn
10 6 (0.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 39 (4.47%) Data Structures
5 30 (3.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 29 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.41%) Low-Code
9 20 (2.29%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.18%) Social Media
11 18 (2.06%) Clustering
12 17 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.49%) Hedge funds
15 12 (1.38%) FMCG
15 12 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (1.03%) Cybercrime
16 9 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
17 8 (0.92%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.64%) Linux
2 18 (2.06%) Windows
3 12 (1.38%) VMS
4 10 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.57%) Unix
6 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (47.48%) Analytics
2 252 (28.90%) AI
3 247 (28.33%) Data Modelling
4 197 (22.59%) Decision-Making
5 196 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (19.61%) Data Governance
7 166 (19.04%) Data Engineering
8 155 (17.78%) ETL
9 152 (17.43%) Data Pipeline
10 133 (15.25%) Visualisation
11 121 (13.88%) Agile
12 120 (13.76%) CI/CD
13 116 (13.30%) Data Analysis
14 111 (12.73%) Data Science
15 110 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
16 109 (12.50%) Mentoring
17 108 (12.39%) Actionable Insight
18 105 (12.04%) Machine Learning
19 100 (11.47%) Data Management
20 94 (10.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 424 (48.62%) SQL
2 295 (33.83%) Python
3 52 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 47 (5.39%) C#
5 46 (5.28%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.72%) Bash
9 14 (1.61%) R
10 13 (1.49%) Java
10 13 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (1.38%) VBA
12 11 (1.26%) Scala
13 9 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.80%) C++
15 5 (0.57%) VB
15 5 (0.57%) VBScript
16 2 (0.23%) C
16 2 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 159 (18.23%) Degree
2 45 (5.16%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.70%) Azure Certification
4 34 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.64%) ACCA
7 22 (2.52%) CIMA
8 19 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.95%) Numerate Degree
10 15 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
10 15 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.49%) CISSP
12 11 (1.26%) CISA
12 11 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.26%) PMP
13 8 (0.92%) IIBA
14 7 (0.80%) Postgraduate
15 6 (0.69%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (19.84%) Data Quality
2 59 (6.77%) GDPR
3 33 (3.78%) SLA
4 23 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.52%) QA
6 20 (2.29%) PMO
7 19 (2.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 18 (2.06%) NIST
9 17 (1.95%) Accessibility
10 13 (1.49%) IFRS
11 12 (1.38%) GRC
12 11 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.80%) IFRS 17
13 7 (0.80%) PERC
14 6 (0.69%) HL7
15 5 (0.57%) EMIR
15 5 (0.57%) MiFID
16 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.34%) GAAP
17 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (2.18%) Docker
2 17 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (2.29%) Kubernetes
1 20 (2.29%) Terraform
2 9 (1.03%) EnCase
2 9 (1.03%) FTK
3 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.57%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.57%) SCCM
5 4 (0.46%) Ansible
5 4 (0.46%) Control-M
5 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.23%) Argo
7 1 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 264 (30.28%) Microsoft
2 131 (15.02%) Databricks
3 57 (6.54%) SAP
4 39 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.24%) Informatica
6 35 (4.01%) Alteryx
6 35 (4.01%) Dell
6 35 (4.01%) Oracle
7 32 (3.67%) Google
8 20 (2.29%) Bloomberg
9 18 (2.06%) Denodo
9 18 (2.06%) Teradata
10 16 (1.83%) Cloudera
11 15 (1.72%) Talend
12 14 (1.61%) Cisco
12 14 (1.61%) Intapp
13 9 (1.03%) Adobe
13 9 (1.03%) Cellebrite
14 8 (0.92%) Anaplan
14 8 (0.92%) Palantir